Pioneering Auslan program breaks down barriers in Canberra schoolyard

Mount Rogers Primary School in Canberra is the only public school in the ACT to teach Australian Sign Language as its second language.
The Conversation

Tradition and innovation: how we are documenting sign language in a Gurindji community in northern Australia

Jennifer Green received funding from an ARC (Australian Research Council) Fellowship (DE160100873), and from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (CoEDL) (CE140100041). Felicity ...
Human Rights Watch

For the Deaf Community, Sign Language Equals Rights

Today is International Day of Sign Languages, a day to celebrate this unique aspect of Deaf culture but also a time to reflect on the work needed to ensure greater inclusion for this community. Sign ...
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A different way of seeing the world for people saying no to cochlear implants

Jessica Cosgrove was only three years of age when she had surgery to insert a cochlear implant hearing device. The Australian Sign Language (Auslan) lecturer still remembers the shock of what happened ...